Sacred Places
263 places found
HinduismArulmigu Ekambaranathar Temple, Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram · India · temple
The earth shrine of the five Pancha Bhoota Sthalams, where Lord Shiva Is Worshipped as the Prithvi lingam of sand that Maa Kamakshi shaped and embraced, beneath a mango tree venerated as 3,500 years old.
HinduismArulmigu Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore
Chennai (Mylapore) · India · temple
The great Shiva Temple at the heart of Mylapore, Chennai, where tradition holds Maa Uma Worshipped the Lord as a peahen beneath the punnai tree, giving the town its name. Lord Kapaleeswarar and Maa Karpagambal, the Goddess Of the wish-yielding tree, preside over the city's most beloved festival calendar.
HinduismArulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Tiruttani
Tiruttani (Tiruvallur district) · India · temple
The fifth of the Arupadai Veedu, the six abodes of Lord Murugan, crowning Thanigai hill above Tiruttani. Here, tradition holds, the Lord's anger cooled after the victory over Surapadman, and 365 steps, one for each day of the year, climb to His sanctum.
HinduismArulmigu Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram · India · temple
The great Vishnu Temple of Kanchipuram, one of the 108 Divya Desams, where Lord Varadharaja reigns from the Hastigiri rock and the original fig-wood Athi Varadar rises from the Temple tank once every forty years.
HinduismArunachaleswarar Temple (Annamalaiyar)
Tiruvannamalai · India · temple
The Agni kshetra of the five Pancha Bhoota Sthalams, where Lord Shiva Is Worshipped as fire and as the hill Arunachala itself, ringed by the 14 km girivalam path walked by lakhs every full moon.
HinduismAstasambhu Siva Temples
Bhubaneswar · India · temple
Eight nearly identical stone shrines to Lord Shiva, raised around the tenth century CE within the Uttareswar Temple precinct beside Bhubaneswar's sacred Bindusagar tank, their very number recalling Sambhu, one of Lord Shiva's most tender names.
HinduismAvantiswamin Temple
Awantipora · India · temple
A ruined ninth-century Vaishnava sanctuary on the bank of the Jhelum River at Awantipora in Kashmir, raised by King Avantivarman of the Utpala dynasty and dedicated to Lord Vishnu, a separate monument from the nearby Avantishvara Temple he built for Lord Shiva.
HinduismBadami Cave Temples
Badami · India · temple
A complex of sixth to eighth century Hindu, Jain, and probable Buddhist cave Temples carved into the red sandstone cliffs above Agastya lake at Badami in northern Karnataka, among the earliest firmly dated Hindu rock-cut shrines in India.
HinduismBadrinath Temple
· India · temple
A major Himalayan Vaiṣṇava pilgrimage Temple in Uttarakhand, India, one of the four Char Dham and one of the 108 Divya Desams sacred to the worship of Lord Vishnu.
HinduismBaijnath Temple, Himachal Pradesh
Baijnath · India · temple
In the small Himalayan town of Baijnath in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, this Nagara-style stone Temple has sheltered Lord Shiva as Vaidyanath, lord of physicians, since its consecration in 1204 CE.
HinduismBaitala Deula
Bhubaneswar · India · temple
Baitala Deula is an eighth-century Shakta shrine in the old quarter of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, where Maa Chamunda is worshipped beneath a triple-spired, barrel-vaulted khakhara tower unlike any other Temple form in the region. Local devotees call it Tini Mundia Deula, the three-headed Temple, for the trio of spires crowning its roof.
HinduismBanashankari Amma Temple
Badami · India · temple
A Shakta shrine in the Tilakaranya forest near Badami, Karnataka, dedicated to Maa Banashankari, an eight-armed form of the Divine Mother worshipped here as Maa Shakambhari, the goddess who nourished a starving people with grain and greens.